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We present a catalogue of rotation and chromospheric activity in a sample of 334 M dwarfs of spectral types M0--M4.5 populating the parameter space around the boundary to full convection. We obtained high-resolution optical spectra for 206…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Ansgar Reiners , Nandan Joshi , Bertrand Goldman

The majority of massive classical Be stars are thought to be binary interactions products. Their rapid rotation and often strong, variable, and emission-line dominated spectrum, make spectroscopic analysis challenging. Hence, robust binary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-18 S. Janssens , H. Sana , T. Shenar , J. Bodensteiner , M. Abdul-Masih

We present a study of the variation timescales of the chromospheric activity indicator H$\alpha$ on a sample of 13 fully-convective, active mid-to-late M stars with masses between 0.1--0.3 solar masses. Our goal was to determine the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-13 Amber A. Medina , David Charbonneau , Jennifer G. Winters , Jonathan Irwin , Jessica Mink

The recent burst in the number of radii measurements of very low-mass stars from eclipsing binaries and interferometry of single stars has opened more questions about what can be causing the discrepancy between the observed radii and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Mercedes Lopez-Morales

Understanding stellar activity in M dwarfs is fundamental to improving our knowledge of the physics of stellar atmospheres and for planet search programmes. High levels of stellar activity (also with flare events) can cause additional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-07 C. Di Maio , C. Argiroffi , G. Micela , S. Benatti , A. F. Lanza , G. Scandariato , J. Maldonado , A. Maggio , L. Affer , R. Claudi

Long-term photometric measurements in a sample of ultrashort-period (P~0.5 days or less) single and binary stars of different interior structures are analysed. A loose correlation exists between the rotational rate and cycle lengths of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 K. Vida , L. Kriskovics , K. Oláh

We perform, for the first time, a detailed long-term activity study of the binary system $\zeta$ Ret. We use all available HARPS spectra obtained between the years 2003 and 2016. We built a time series of the Mount Wilson $S$ index for both…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 M. Flores , C. Saffe , A. Buccino , M. Jaque Arancibia , J. F. González , N. E. Nuñez , E. Jofré

The atmospheric activity of the Sun and Sun-like stars is analyzed involving observations from HK-project at the Mount Wilson Observatory, the California and Carnegie Planet Search Program at the Keck and Lick Observatories and the Magellan…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-30 E. A. Bruevich , V. V. Bruevich , E. V. Shimanovskaya

We use state-of-the-art, three-dimensional non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the quiet solar atmosphere to carry out detailed tests of chromospheric magnetic field diagnostics from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 Maria Loukitcheva , Stephen M. White , Sami K. Solanki , Gregory D. Fleishman , Mats Carlsson

Context. The Sun and solar-like stars undergo activity cycles for which the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. The oscillations of the Sun are known to vary with its activity cycle and these changes provide diagnostics on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 René Kiefer , Ariane Schad , Guy Davies , Markus Roth

Stellar magnetic activity decays over the main-sequence life of cool stars due to the stellar spin-down driven by magnetic braking. The evolution of chromospheric emission is well-studied for younger stars, but difficulties in determining…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 R S Booth , K. Poppenhaeger , C. A. Watson , V. Silva Aguirre , D. Stello , H. Bruntt

We present new 14 high-resolution echelle spectra to discuss the level of chromospheric activity of DM UMa in {He I} D3, {Na I} D1, D2, Halpha, and {Ca II} infrared triplet lines (IRT). It is the first time to discover the emissions above…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 LiYun Zhang , QingFeng Pi , Xianming L. Han , Liang Chang , Daimei Wang

We present a study of high-resolution spectra of RS Canum Venaticorum (RS CVn), a prototype of active binary systems. Our data were obtained from 1998 to 2017 using different telescopes. We analyze the chromospheric activity indicators Ca…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-08 Dongtao Cao , Shenghong Gu , U. Wolter , M. Mittag , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , Dongyang Gao , Shaoming Hu

We present the results of a study of the stellar activity in the solar neighborhood using complete kinematics (galactocentric velocities U,V,W) and the chromospheric activity index $\log R'_{\rm{HK}}$. We analyzed the average activity level…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 F. Murgas , J. S. Jenkins , P. Rojo , H. R. A Jones , D. J. Pinfield

The coeval stars of young open clusters provide insights into the formation of the rotation-activity relationship that elude studies of multi-age field populations. We measure the chromospheric activity of cool stars in the 300 Myr old open…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 D. J. Fritzewski , S. A. Barnes , D. J. James , S. P. Järvinen , K. G. Strassmeier

Aim: To study the interaction of the solar chromosphere with the transition region, in particular active-region jets in the transition region and their relation to chromospheric fibrils. Methods: We carefully align image sequences taken…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. G. de Wijn , B. De Pontieu

Due to their low mass and luminosity, M dwarfs are ideal targets if one hopes to find low-mass planets similar to Earth by using the radial velocity (RV) method. However, stellar magnetic cycles could add noise or even mimic the RV signal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 J. Gomes da Silva , N. C. Santos , X. Bonfils , X. Delfosse , T. Forveille , S. Udry , X. Dumusque , C. Lovis

The high-mass (M$>$2 \Msolar{}) Kepler red giant stars are less well-studied than their lower-mass counterparts. In the previous article, we presented a sample of 48 high-mass Kepler red giants and measured their asteroseismic parameters.…

We study the relation between stellar rotation and magnetic activity for a sample of 134 bright, nearby M dwarfs observed in the Kepler Two-Wheel (K2) mission during campaigns C0 to C4. The K2 lightcurves yield photometrically derived…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 B. Stelzer , M. Damasso , A. Scholz , S. P. Matt , --

The CARMENES survey is searching for Earth-like planets orbiting M dwarfs using the radial velocity method. Studying the stellar activity of the target stars is important to avoid false planet detections and to improve our understanding of…